Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Washington, Avista Corp comes 30th of 39. The state's range runs from PUD No 1 of Douglas County at 3.15¢ to Orcas Power & Light Coop at 18.38¢, so where a household sits inside Washington depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in Washington, whose customer-weighted average is 14.30¢, Avista Corp is below its own ownership class within the state (-17.0%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Avista Corp reported 246.1K residential customers, ranking 4th of 39 utilities in Washington by customers served and covering 7.4% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,815 kWh per customer per year - -21.8% against the Washington median of 13,823 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,283.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Washington

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Washington, largest first, with Avista Corp marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Washington.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Washington, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Avista Corp in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Avista Corp rates

How much does Avista Corp charge per kWh?

Avista Corp reported an average residential price of 11.87¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Avista Corp expensive compared with the rest of Washington?

Its average residential price is close to the Washington customer-weighted average of 12.41¢ per kWh, a difference of -4.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in Washington.

What is the average electricity bill for Avista Corp customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,815 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,283 a year, or about $107 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Avista Corp?

EIA classifies Avista Corp as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and understanding rate structures .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.